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> This ill-definedness is reflected in community debates about whether commercial means “cash transactions” or “for profit”, and it is the exact reason the Open Source Definition forbids open-source software licenses from having such restrictions.

I just don't particularly care about enabling people to use my work gratis for “cash transactions” or “for profit”. These people can contact me for a paid license. Or they can create a substitute themselves, no skin off my back.

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